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Is the Elite Media Failing to Reach Trump Voters?
Slate ^ | July 28, 2016 | Isaac Chotiner

Posted on 07/31/2016 1:56:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: glorgau

Consistant Perfection in mis-information is actually valuable.


41 posted on 07/31/2016 3:24:30 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why no “Barf” alert?????


42 posted on 07/31/2016 3:34:29 PM PDT by HippyLoggerBiker (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.)
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To: Cboldt
I was glued to it because it seems to come to terms with the political narrative propaganda trick that seems to be suckering, so many of us today.

His example of the all paid vacation hit me as hard as the Koran stunt. I actually was told by a cruise employee that I could not go out on my own to visit a nearby marina.(They wanted me to pay for one of their excursions.)I said, "Like hell I can't! This is Hawaii and I'm an american citizen!)And with that I just walked out the gate.

The people at the marina were very friendly and gave me all the information I needed, should I ever get there with my sailboat.

Glad you enjoyed it and pass it on. Most people don't even know that they are being victimized by organized propaganda.

Cheers!

43 posted on 07/31/2016 3:35:18 PM PDT by Bogie (Just a coincidence?)
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To: timestax

No joke.


44 posted on 07/31/2016 3:42:58 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
There is nothing the media can "report" that will turn me away from voting for Trump. And I think I speak for millions of other Trump supporters who are sick and tired of the constant one-sided "gotcha" journalism being practiced. All these "Trump Outrages" that the media keeps trumpeting just falls on deaf ears.

Crooked Hillary gets called out for absolutely nothing and the fact that she hasn't given a proper news conference during practically the entire campaign is disgraceful. Not that it would matter much if she did. The media would simply lob softballs at her such as what is her favorite ice cream flavor and "how is Bill holding up under the strain" and other such nonsense.

The typical "gotcha" tactics and the late night show mockery that worked so effectively on Sarah Palin, Dan Quayle, Newt Gingrich and other conservatives are backfiring big time when applied against Donald Trump. Our nominee may be a little rough around the edges but we love him for fighting back and giving no quarter. The more the media and establishment elites attack him, the more eagerly we are going to come out in November and pull the lever for him. Consider our November vote a big middle finger to those folks.

45 posted on 07/31/2016 3:47:46 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Sarah Barracuda

A better term (”better” being relative) is elitist media. I’m sure I’m not the only who notices that a regular Joe getting killed doing their job is a page A14 byline unless it can be somehow sensationalized. When a reporter gets killed on the clock, it’s a national day of mourning (re Danny Pearl, Alison Parker).


46 posted on 07/31/2016 3:48:05 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: SamAdams76

Exactly, what are they going to tell me that would make me vote for Hillary? Good luck.


47 posted on 07/31/2016 3:49:43 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Bogie
-- His example of the all paid vacation hit me as hard as the Koran stunt. I actually was told by a cruise employee that I could not go out on my own to visit a nearby marina. --

Hahahahaha. Yeah, it's pretty easy to "herd" or "cow" people into submission. I think his point was that the suckers have to believe they are reaching their own (legitimate) conclusion via rational means. That unlike a prison where people can't get out, they are free to get out, just discouraged. he used the terms "controlled opposition" and "intellectual gatekeepers," That's Rush Limbaugh's role, the "authorized dissent." Having some range of permitted belief is necessary, otherwise people will KNOW they are being herded.

I learned long ago that truth is hard to come by - it's hard enough in a small factory, never mind a whole town, county, state or country. It takes work to find the truth, so much work that it is rarely worth the effort.

Meanwhile, on political news, I think everybody knows the press is pure propaganda on both sides - that there is essentially no truth at all in that reporting. I'm a little surprised the press hasn't given it up, but then again, the pay must be acceptable. It's a good (acting) gig if you have the chops and lack of conscience. The press has a "trustworthy" rating that is around 10%, same general place that Congress is.

This is the best election season ever. Trump knows all of this, intuitively at least, he probably doesn't use the academic vernacular, etc. He knows he can walk out the gate. He knows he doesn't have to follow the actors' template. It's as though a person in the audience has become more entertaining than the actors and "fake audience" actors. The new guy is going to steal the show, and have the audience eating out of the palm of his hand.

48 posted on 07/31/2016 3:51:27 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They are so much smarter than we could ever be over at Slate.

Maybe I will bid $1 when they come up for auction.


49 posted on 07/31/2016 3:57:50 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
No.

We hear them loud and clear.

The fact that we consider it "gathering intel on the intentions of the enemy" should make it clear that we are listening very closely.

50 posted on 07/31/2016 4:14:26 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: Doogle

This one does.

For the same reason I listened to the English-language service of Radio Moscow back in the day.


51 posted on 07/31/2016 4:15:28 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: Bogie

Hillary’s emails were hacked before Trump got in the race - - besides - what’s the big deal? The emails are only about yoga classes, right?


52 posted on 07/31/2016 4:36:46 PM PDT by GOPJ ("Diversity" was never THE goal. Diversity was a byproduct of people coming 'yearning to be free'.)
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To: Bogie

Hillary’s emails were hacked before Trump got in the race - - besides - what’s the big deal? The emails are only about yoga classes, right?

Oh and Isaac Chotiner the term ‘elite’ means ‘assh*le”... which might work describing the press... so never mind...


53 posted on 07/31/2016 4:38:00 PM PDT by GOPJ ("Diversity" was never THE goal. Diversity was a byproduct of people coming 'yearning to be free'.)
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To: Cboldt

” Trump knows all of this, intuitively at least...” Yes, yes, yes, and I think the debate will be a hoot.


54 posted on 07/31/2016 5:31:06 PM PDT by Bogie (Just a coincidence?)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Even FBN was reporting incorrectly. I’d resorted to FBN since I couldn’t stomach the other networks’ lies. Then, one night during the DNC Convention, the crawl at the bottom of the screen said that Trump encourages Russia to “hack” Hillary’s emails. Actually, he said, “FIND”, not “hack”. It appears that FBN has been dealt with, and that station has gone to the dark side.


55 posted on 07/31/2016 5:36:21 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Trump loves America and will protect the people who live here first, last and always. - Coulter)
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To: GOPJ

Their bar is getting lowered to rather impossible to believe levels.


56 posted on 07/31/2016 5:39:57 PM PDT by Bogie (Just a coincidence?)
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To: Cboldt

BTW, most people in the Mideast probably actually have not seen Kim Kardashian’s ass.


57 posted on 07/31/2016 6:07:03 PM PDT by Bogie (Just a coincidence?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No. I’m hearing their message loud and clear.

Which is why I’m supporting Trump.


58 posted on 07/31/2016 6:57:43 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Bogie

The happenings at Incirlik are an internal Turkish matter. It’s their base, there are apparently opposition forces there.

The US troops there are (hopefully) innocent bystanders.


59 posted on 07/31/2016 7:08:10 PM PDT by Jim Noble (The polls can have a strong influence on the weak-minded)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

They don’t even bother to try to hide the bias anymore. Why watch them, other than for the occasional chuckle at their oafishness?


60 posted on 07/31/2016 7:15:49 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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